Archive for July 28th, 2007
Court-Packing Is A Terrible Idea OR How Do You Solve A Problem Like Alito?
1 Comment Published by Kedar July 28th, 2007 in History, Democrats, Circuit Courts, Court Procedure, Politics, Supreme Court, Congress, Constitutional LawI admit that I made a slight mistake in yesterday’s post about Snarlin’ Arlen and his attack on judicial independence- I asserted, without clarifiying, that there was nothing “a Senator can do to a Supreme Court Justice save for pushing for impeachment.”
Some very intelligent people have been arguing that Congress can reign in these rogue […]
What Happened Between Congress and the Supreme Court in March of 1837?
3 Comments Published by Kedar July 28th, 2007 in Republicans, History, Congress, Supreme Court, Constitutional LawAs I was doing research for a post about the latest Court-packing plan (suggestion?) and I stumbled across a rather interesting set of events. Here are the facts that I know:
In March of 1937, the Democratic President Andrew Jackson was wrapping up his wildly divisive, eight-year Presidency. His hand picked successor, Martin Van Buren, had […]
Once You Go Brown…
1 Comment Published by Yao Yao July 28th, 2007 in Madness (Sparta?), Foreign PolicyApparently, the United States and India just recently (as in, circa last Friday) agreed on their nuclear energy cooperation deal.
This deal has been in the works for at least a year now, and all of the pros and cons have been repeatedly beaten into everyone’s heads. Supporters say the nuclear deal will strengthen non-proliferation efforts […]
